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Topic: ADVICE NEEDED - Beginner Lap Steel Instructional DVD's |
John Morris
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Virginia, USA
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Posted 5 Mar 2014 5:06 am |
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What would be the best beginner DVDs for lap steel. Playing rock, blues, southern rock. Learning dobro in G and have Cashdollar and Douglas DVDs. Probably interested in open E and D?
Thanks for all the lap steel purchase advice. I bought a used Supro that sounds great. |
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Ray Langley
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Northern California, USA
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Stephen Abruzzo
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Philly, PA
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George Piburn
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The Land of Enchantment New Mexico
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Ray Langley
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Northern California, USA
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Stephen Abruzzo
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Philly, PA
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Posted 6 Mar 2014 8:14 am
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Thanks Ray for the link.
John,
Here are 2 more DVDs.
Bob Brozman Lap Steel Vol #1...http://elderly.com/videos/items/300-DVD322.htm
David Hamburger Electric Slide Guitar. This was put out before his Slide Rules DVD listed above. Pretty good stuff to get you started.
http://elderly.com/videos/items/25-DVD320507.htm |
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John Morris
From:
Virginia, USA
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Posted 6 Mar 2014 9:47 am ADVICE NEEDED - Beginner Lap Steel Instructional DVD's
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| Thanks for the great ideas and links. Any other suggestions. Ordering a couple tomorrow. |
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Bobby Branton
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South Carolina, USA
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Ray Langley
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Northern California, USA
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Posted 6 Mar 2014 10:13 am
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Most of the instructional materials are catered to a certain "sound" or style of music. Who do YOU want to sound like? I suggested the inexpensive Elmore James DVD because that is exactly what I want to sound like in Open D/E tuning. But, maybe some other player rings your bell.
For instance, years ago I ordered "Slide Guitar for Blues, Lap Style" by Bob Brozman. It's 2 DVDs with tab. It sounded ideal. But, I didn't care for the acoustic lap sound. This offering has lots of alternating bass fingerpicking along with lots of hammers on and pick offs. That's how I have played armpit guitar for 50+ years. What I really wanted was electric blues.
I want to sound like Duane Allman playing the slide solo on the 8-Bar Blues, Key to the Highway! It's in the key of A, in Open E tuning. To me, that is nine minutes and 41 seconds of bliss.....
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Bluesman's Epitath: "Didn't get up this morning"!
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/LapSteelGuitar/ |
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Stephen Abruzzo
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Philly, PA
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Posted 6 Mar 2014 10:54 am
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I almost forgot Michael Messer's Intro to Lap Steel
http://www.michaelmesser.co.uk/MICHAEL%20MESSER%20LAP%20STEEL%20DVD.htm
Excellent beginner material that is served slowly. Can't remember if it's in Open D/E or Open G. Definitely not C6.
Ray makes an excellent point, but given your intro statement of what tunings you play in, the skills developed in some of these DVDs will serve you well on electric.
Depending on your slant of blues or countrified blues, I would recommend the Messer Into DVD and then follow that up with the Orville Johnson 2-pack for more country-sounding blues or Arlen Roth/David Hamburger for bluesy stuff. |
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Ray Langley
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Northern California, USA
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Posted 6 Mar 2014 11:11 am
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Mary Flower also has a new DVD, "Lap Slide Blues for the Solo Player, Hone Your Skills in Open D". It is along the same lines of Orville Johnson and Brozman.
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Bluesman's Epitath: "Didn't get up this morning"!
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